a string, the conversion uses the time zone rule equivalent to setting
@env{TZ} to that string. If it is an integer @var{offset}, the
conversion uses a fixed time zone with the given offset and a numeric
-abbreviation. If it is a list (@var{offset} @var{abbr}), where
+abbreviation on POSIX-compatible platforms and an unspecified abbreviation
+on MS-Windows. If it is a list (@var{offset} @var{abbr}), where
@var{offset} is an integer number of seconds east of Universal Time
and @var{abbr} is a string, the conversion uses a fixed time zone with
the given offset and abbreviation.